Petunia plant named ‘Dopetpinbel’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Petunia  plant named ‘Dopetpinbel’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; semi-double type reddish purple and white- colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Botanical designation: Petunia X hybrida.

Cultivar denomination: ‘DOPETPINBEL’.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR/APPLICANT & ASSIGNEE

The Inventor and Applicant/Assignee assert that no publications nor advertisements relating to sales, offers for sale or public distribution occurred more than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application. Any information about the claimed plant would have been obtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the Inventor and/or Applicant/Assignee. Inventor and Applicant/Assignee claim a prior art exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior to the filing date but less than one year prior to the effective filing date.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant, botanically known as Petunia X hybrida and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Dopetpinbel’.

The new Petunia plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Rheinberg, Germany. The objective of the breeding program is to create new compact, freely branching and early-flowering Petunia plants with numerous attractive semi-double type flowers.

The new Petunia plant originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in July, 2019 in Rheinberg, Germany of a proprietary selection of Petunia X hybrida identified as code number TT17-075011-001, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Petunia X hybrida identified as code number TT17-042082-003, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Petunia plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany in May, 2020.

Asexual reproduction of the new Petunia plant by terminal vegetative cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany since June, 2020 has shown that the unique features of this new Petunia plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Petunia have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Dopetpinbel’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Dopetpinbel’ as a new and distinct Petunia plant:

-   -   1. Compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit.     -   2. Moderately vigorous growth habit.     -   3. Freely branching habit.     -   4. Early and freely flowering habit.     -   5. Semi-double type reddish purple and white-colored flowers.     -   6. Good garden performance.

Plants of the new Petunia can be compared to plants of the female parent selection. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Petunia differ primarily from plants of the female parent selection in flower form as flowers of plants of the new Petunia are semi-double types whereas flowers of plants of the female parent selection are single types.

Plants of the new Petunia can be compared to plants of the male parent selection. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Petunia differ primarily from plants of the male parent selection in flower color as flowers of plants of the new Petunia are reddish purple and white in color whereas flowers of plants of the male parent selection are pink in color.

Plants of the new Petunia can be compared to plants of Petunia X hybrida ‘Origami White’, not patented. Plants of ‘Origami White’ have double type flowers. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Petunia and ‘Origami White’ differ primarily in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Petunia are more freely branching than         plants of ‘Origami White’.     -   2. Plants of the new Petunia have smaller leaves than plants of         ‘Origami White’.     -   3. Plants of the new Petunia are more freely flowering than         plants of ‘Origami White’.     -   4. Plants of the new Petunia have smaller flowers than plants of         ‘Origami White’.     -   5. Flowers of plants of the new Petunia are reddish purple and         white in color whereas flowers of plants of ‘Origami White’ are         yellowish white in color.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Petunia plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Petunia plant.

The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1) is a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Dopetpinbel’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2) is a close-up view of a typical flower of ‘Dopetpinbel’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown during the spring in 22-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Rheinberg, Germany and under cultural practices typical of commercial Petunia production. During the production of the plants, day and night temperatures averaged 18° C. and light levels averaged 4,500 lux. Plants were twelve weeks old when the photographs were taken and 25 weeks old when the description was taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, Fifth Edition, 2007, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Petunia X hybrida ‘Dopetpinbel’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Petunia X             hybrida identified as code number TT17-075011-001, not             patented.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Proprietary selection of Petunia X             hybrida identified as code number TT17-042082-003, not             patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By terminal vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About five days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About seven days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About three             weeks at temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About four             weeks at temperatures about 20° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fibrous; close to 155B in color,             actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate             composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate             temperature and age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; dense. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Compact, upright and mounding to             hanging plant habit; freely branching habit with about six             primary lateral branches each with about nine secondary             branches developing after pinching; moderately vigorous             growth habit; moderate growth rate.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 17             cm.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.—About 19             cm.         -   Plant diameter.—About 58 cm. -   Lateral branch description:     -   -   Length.—About 40 cm.         -   Diameter.—About 5 mm.         -   Internode length.—About 1 cm.         -   Strength.—Moderately strong.         -   Aspect.—Initially upright to outwardly spreading.         -   Texture and luster.—Pubescent; semi-glossy.         -   Color, developing and developed.—Close to 144B. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Before flowering, alternate; after flowering,             opposite; simple.         -   Length.—About 3 cm.         -   Width.—About 1.9 cm.         -   Shape.—Spatulate.         -   Apex.—Obtuse.         -   Base.—Attenuate.         -   Margin.—Entire.         -   Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces.—Pubescent;             leathery; semi-glossy.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate; arcuate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 146A.             Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 146C. Fully             expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 147A; venation,             close to 147A. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close             to 147B; venation, close to 147B.         -   Petioles.—Length: About 2 mm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm.             Strength: Moderately strong; firm. Texture and luster, upper             and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; matte. Color, upper             and lower surfaces: Close to 147A. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower type and flowering habit.—Semi-double type flowers             arising from leaf axils; freely flowering habit with usually             about 156 flowers and flower buds developing per plant;             flowers face mostly upright to outwardly.         -   Fragrance.—None detected.         -   Natural flowering season.—Plants flower continuously during             the spring and summer in Germany; early flowering habit,             plants typically beginning flowering about nine weeks after             planting.         -   Flower longevity.—Individual flowers last about two to three             days on the plant; flowers persistent.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 4.3 cm. Diameter: About 1 cm.             Shape: Ovoid. Texture and luster: Rippled; semi-glossy.             Color: Close to 145A.         -   Flower diameter.—About 6.6 cm.         -   Flower depth (height).—About 4.2 cm.         -   Flower throat diameter.—About 1.1 cm.         -   Flower tube length.—About 2.9 cm.         -   Flower tube diameter, proximally.—About 8.5 mm.         -   Petals.—Arrangement: Five petals in a single whorl fused at             the base. Petal lobe length (from throat): About 3.6 cm.             Petal lobe width: About 3.2 cm. Petal lobe shape: Roughly             spatulate. Petal lobe apex: Obtuse. Petal lobe margin:             Entire; slightly undulate. Petal lobe texture and luster,             upper and lower surfaces: Rippled, glabrous; semi-glossy.             Throat texture and luster: Rippled, glabrous; semi-glossy.             Tube texture and luster: Rippled, pubescent; semi-glossy.             Color: Petal lobe, when opening, upper surface: Close to             155D variably overlain with close to 79B and 78A. Petal             lobe, when opening, lower surface: Close to 155D variably             overlain with close to 80A. Petal lobe, fully opened, upper             surface: Close to 155D variably overlain with close to 78A;             venation, similar to lamina colors; color becoming closer to             155D variably overlain with close to 83A with subsequent             development. Petal lobe, fully opened, lower surface: Close             to 155D variably overlain with close to 78B; venation, close             to 155D and N78B; color becoming closer to 155D variably             overlain with close to 83B with subsequent development.             Flower throat: Close to N78C and 79A; venation, close to             79A. Flower tube: Close to 79D; venation, close to 79B.         -   Petaloids.—Arrangement: About six petaloids in a single             whorl at he center of flower. Petaloid length (from throat):             About 3.5 cm. Petaloid width: About 1.1 cm. Petaloid shape:             Roughly spatulate. Petaloid apex: Obtuse. Petaloid margin:             Entire; slightly undulate. Petaloid texture and luster,             upper and lower surfaces: Rippled, glabrous; semi-glossy.             Color: Petaloid, when opening, upper surface: Close to 79B.             Petaloid, when opening, lower surface: Close to 80A.             Petaloid, fully opened, upper surface: Close to N78A;             venation, close to N78A; color becoming closer to 83A with             subsequent development. Petaloid, fully opened, lower             surface: Close to N78B; venation, close N78B; color becoming             closer to 83B with subsequent development.         -   Sepals.—Arrangement: Five sepals fused at the base forming a             tubular star-shaped calyx. Length: About 1.7 cm. Diameter:             About 3.3 mm. Shape: Oblong. Apex: Rounded. Base: Decurrent.             Margin: Entire. Texture and luster, upper and lower             surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; semi-glossy. Color: When opening             and fully opened, upper surface: Close to 146A. When opening             and fully opened, lower surface: Close to 146B.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 2.25 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Strength: Moderately strong. Texture and luster: Smooth,             glabrous; semi-glossy. Color: Close to 144A.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity per flower: Five.             Filament length: About 1.6 cm. Filament color: Close to             155D. Anther length: About 2 mm. Anther shape: Ovate. Anther             color: Close to 150D. Pollen amount: Abundant. Pollen color:             Close to 154C. Pistils: Quantity per flower: One. Pistil             length: About 7 mm. Style length: About 4 mm. Style color:             Close to 145B. Stigma diameter: About 3 mm. Stigma shape:             Rounded. Stigma color: Close to 154C. Ovary color: Close to             144C. Fruits: Quantity produced per plant: About 50 during             the flowering season. Length: About 6 mm. Diameter: About             4 mm. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 162D.             Seeds: Quantity per flower: About 50. Length: About 0.2 mm.             Diameter: About 0.2 mm. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color:             Close to 165A. -   Garden performance: Plants of the new Petunia have been observed to     have good garden performance and tolerate wind, rain, temperatures     ranging from about 5° C. to about 40° C. and to be suitable for USDA     Hardiness Zone 11. -   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Petunia have     not been observed to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to     Petunia plants. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘Dopetpinbel’ as illustrated and described. 